Adjustable couch



(No Model.)

J. G. GOOGINS 8: G. T. HOWARTH.

ADJUSTABLE COUCH.

Patented Oct. 12; 1897.

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ADJUSTABLE COUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,530, dated October 12, 1897. Application filed June 10, 1896. $erial No. 59%905. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, JAMES G. GOOGINS and GEORGE T. HOWARTH, citizens of the United States,and residents of Fairfield,in the county of Somerset and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adj ustable Couches and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and enact descrip tion of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same.

Our invention relates to an adjustable couch so made that the same may be changed into a variety of forms conducive to the comfortable use of the couch.

Our improved couch consists, mainly, of a base or carriage on which the couch-frame is placed and to which it is pivotedat one end, at what would properly be the foot of the, couch. The head-piece is connected with the opposite end of the couch-frame,and the head end of the couch, including the head-piece, is raised and lowered bodily by means of a ratchet connected with the head-piece. The head end of the couch can be dropped below the level of the foot or raised above it, as desired. In addition to this adjustment the head has a separate adjustment with relation to the couch-frame by reason of its being pivoted to the of the couch-frame. It has a catch or locking device by which itcan be held in its normal position with relation to the couch-frame or can be released, so that it can be raised to a nearly vertical position, forming a back or rest, similar to an easychair.

- In the accompanying drawings we have shown a couch constructed according to our invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts cut away, andFig. 2 is a sec-- tion on the line was of Fig. 1.

A represents the base or carriage, and it is usually provided with casters for rolling the couch about. The couch-frame B rests on top of the carriage A and is pivoted to it at the foot end of the couch by a pivot 19. As we construct the couch the side bars of the frame B come outside of the side bars of the. carriage. .The head-piece O is connected with the end of the frame Bby means of the hinges 11, secured to the upper edges of the side bars lines in Fig. 1.

of the two parts. A ratchet j is provided for securing the head-piece at different elevations, the ratchet, as here shown, being pivoted to the head-piece by the rod Z, the teeth of the ratchet engaging the pin Icon the carriage A. A cord m is provided to lift the ratchet when the head of the couch is to be lowered.

We provide a catch or locking device for holding the head-piece in its lower or normal position with relation to the couch-frame. This consists of a flat spring d, secured by one end to the lower edge of the side bar of the frame B, the free end of the spring overlapping the sidebar of the head-piece. The holding of the head-piece is accomplished by the pin e, which is secured to the free end of the spring and enters a recess in the headpiece. 'The pin 6 is released when desired by means of the bolt f, which is held in a vertical recess and which has its lower end impinging on the free end of the spring d. The

bolt f is operated or forced downward by the cam g, mounted on a shaft 2', the shaft being operated by a handle h. This catch is duplicated on the two sides of the couch, the shaft'i'extending across from one side to the other. p I

The adjustment of the couch will be understood from the description.

When the head-piece is held in its normal position, the entire head end of the couch can be raised and lowered by the use of the ratchet, it being so built that the head can be dropped down below the level of the foot when this is desired.

When it is desired to form the couch into an easy-chair, the head end is dropped bodily down and the head disconnected and raised to a nearly vertical position, as shown by dotted The head can also be readily constructed so as to drop down level with the couch proper, making a plain couch of it.

The couch here shown can be cheaply made, and the adjustments of which it is capable make it an exceedingly useful piece of fur-- niture, which combines the merits of a couch and an easy-chair.

We claim The herein-described adjustable couch consisting of a base or carriage, a couch-frame placed thereon and pivoted thereto at one cam for depressing said releasing-bolt to release said catch and means for ad jnsting said head-piece Vertically.

In witness whereof We hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES G. GOOGINS. GEORGE T. IIOWARJH.

Vitncsses:

F. E. MCFA DEN, FRANK E. VICKERY. 

